Let’s be honest, we’re probably best off adding the phrase “at the Goodwood Festival of Speed” to anything regarding hot hatches this week. After Ford and Honda, here comes Peugeot with their special edition GTi launched there today. There’s more than meets the eye with this one though. 1984 was a particularly good year although, with this…
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News and photos – Jaguar F-Type Project 7
At last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Jaguar showed off a lightweight concept version of the F-Type Roadster. Public response was so good that they’ve decided to build it as a limited edition to showcase JLR’s new Special Operations team. Enter the fastest and most powerful production Jaguar. The overarching aim of the car is to…
2015 Honda Civic Type-R Video – R-Rated
Along the Goodwood Festival of Speed, this week also seems to be the one for teasing trailers of forthcoming hot hatches. Following on from Ford, and their revised Focus ST, is this video from Honda. When we first saw the concept for the new Civic Type-R Concept at the Geneva Motorshow, we knew it was going…
New Ford Focus ST to debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed
You know it, we love the Ford Focus ST here at EngageSportMode. So much so that we awarded the ST Mountune Estate the prestigious ESM ‘best car driven in 2013‘ prize earlier this year. So news of a new one has got us understandably excited. Excited, and in suspense, as so far Ford is keeping tight-lipped…
Friday Photo – 2014 Le Mans Aston Martin GTE Am
Although Le Mans is almost a week in the past, and we’d promised no more pictures, we wanted to include just one more as part of our Friday Photo. Le Mans 2013 was overshadowed by the tragic death of Dane Allan Simonsen, following a crash at Tertre Rouge early on in the race. The crash…
Ford Zetec S – Red / Black Special Editions
Special editions of Ford’s supermini get bold colours, distinctive styling and a 1.0 litre engine with 140 PS! Yes, you read that right. A 1.0 litre engine producing 138 brake horsepower. I know; the mind just truly boggles. Think back only a few years and the Fiesta ST, with its 2.0 litre engine, was making only…
News: Lexus RC F – Crowdsourced paint colour name
Rather than just dip into the regular big book of paint clichés, Lexus decided to take a slightly more different tactic with the forthcoming RC F coupe when it came to picking colour names. In a thoroughly modern Web2.0, social media, #trend way, it asked Facebook to come up with a name for the distinctive orange hue. From…
Bentley Continental GT3-R – Refined road racer?
A lighter, fitter, Bentley based on an already successful race car? Sounds almost impossible to believe, but it’s real and as of today you can get your name down for one. If you didn’t know, Bentley has turned the Continental into a genuine GT racer. It currently competes in the Blancpain Endurance Series alongside cars such as…
Megane Renaultsport 275 Trophy-R claims Nürburgring record – Spec and Photos
SEAT might have thought they had the production FWD Nürburgring lap record in the bag with the new Leon Cupra. But, not one to be beaten, Renault have reclaimed their crown with an even more modified version of the Megane 275 Trophy; the Trophy-R. What does the ‘R‘ stand for? Who knows; racing, ‘ring, really quick? Either…
Le Mans 2014 Gallery – Audi wins for 13th time with 1-2 podium
After qualifying, when Audi only managed the 5th quickest time behind Toyota and Porsche, we cautioned against writing off the German giant too soon. Turns out we were right not to. 24 hours is a long time, and Audi proved to have the most luck and reliability in what became a day-long war of attrition. The result…
2014 Le Mans Gallery – Toyota, Porsche and Audi Qualifying
Thursday’s qualifying sessions at Le Mans produced more incidents and red flags. However, when the cars were running, it also produced some stunning images. Here, in the second of our galleries, we’ve highlighted the battle between the top three LMP1-H teams; Audi, Porsche and Toyota to claim pole position. Toyota Racing – TS040 HYBRID Whilst…
Friday Photo – Nissan ZEOD RC
This weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours race is already building up quite nicely into a three-way battle between Toyota, Porsche and Audi for top honours. But, at the same time, Nissan is hoping for success with its innovative electric racer. In fact the ZEOD (zero emissions on demand) RC prototype hit an impressive benchmark in last night’s qualifying…
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